Juan Manuel Correa shares a physio with Oscar Piastri and says Alpine have been “playing” with the Aussie. Piastri has been in the news more than ever in recent times, caught in the middle of a dispute between Alpine and McLaren. When Alpine lost Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin, they announced that Piastri – their
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso are two drivers who know each other very well, and their relationship has always been a fascinating one. Their first experience of one another on a Formula 1 racetrack was in 2007, when Hamilton made his debut for McLaren. They both won four races that year as they challenged
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Sir Lewis Hamilton said that he almost broke his back on the way down from his collision with Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix. The seven-time champion started fourth, one position behind the Spaniard, and cleared him at the start of the race. The double world champion was not done with his former team-mate
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended Sir Lewis Hamilton, after the British driver was called an “idiot” after colliding with Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix. The seven-time World Champion made an excellent start to the race and quickly found himself in third and right behind Fernando Alonso for second. The British driver
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Sir Lewis Hamilton pointed out that his career has been more successful than that of Fernando Alonso after hearing of the Spaniard’s outburst during the Belgian Grand Prix. Alonso started third in Spa ahead of Hamilton, who cleared the Alpine driver at the start of the race. The Spaniard then slipstreamed the seven-time champion heading
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Pierre Gasly is set to replace Fernando Alonso at Alpine at the end of the year, after senior Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko said the team would be willing to release him from his contract. Gasly made his Formula 1 debut with Red Bull’s sister team, Scuderia Toro Rosso as it was then called,
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Alpine are reportedly prepared to let Oscar Piastri leave for McLaren, and they are said to have identified AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly as a strong possibility to partner Esteban Ocon next year. At the start of August, Piastri denied Alpine’s announcement that he has been promoted to the race seat in place of Fernando Alonso, who
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has indicated that an over-emphasis from the team on reserve driver Oscar Piastri is ultimately what led to contract negotiations breaking down. The Spaniard returned to the pinnacle of motorsport last season with the team that helped him win two world championships in 2005 and 2006, having left McLaren at the end
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Pierre Gasly is the latest name to be linked to the vacant seat at the Alpine F1 Team, after Oscar Piastri refused to replace the outgoing Fernando Alonso. The Scuderia AlphaTauri driver joins the likes of Daniel Ricciardo, Mick Schumacher and recently Jack Doohan in being linked to the Enstone-based team’s seat. Gasly has recently
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Fernando Alonso may consider thinking twice before making a comment about Sir Lewis Hamilton in the future, after he was well and truly silenced following the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix. The Alpine F1 Team driver called the 37-year-old an “idiot”, after the pair collided on the opening lap at Les Combes. Hamilton and Alonso both
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